A Clinicoimmunohistopathologic Study of Anetoderma: Is Protruding Type More Advanced in Stage Than Indented Type?

Table 4

Immunohistochemistry results for MMP-2 and MMP-9 in anetoderma lesional dermis according to clinical phenotype and disease duration.

	Indented			Protruding
	0	+	++	0	+	++
MMP-2
<1 month	0	1	0	1	0	2
1–12 months	0	2	2	4	1	0
>12 months	2	2	1	7	1	1
MMP-9
<1 month	1	0	0	1	1	1
1–12 months	1	1	2	4	1	0
>12 months	3	1	1	5	1	3